Staying Motivated ...

Crash! The clubs hit the floor in the corner of the changing rooms. Thump! The sound that the golfer made, dropping heavily onto the bench after another bad round. "I am gonna sell those darn clubs and get a new hobby!". The ensuing silence was punctuated only by the others, changing as quietly as they could. They recognised the signs of false discouragement but knew better than to speak at that time. After all, this latest defeat was aginst a gal who could beat the club pro 50% of the time so losing by just 8 strokes was really a good achievement. Trouble was, the golfer had been playing better players regularly for a couple of months now and had not won much.

False discouragement (which is discouragement not based on facts) can place you in a position of defeat. Repeated defeats are not good for your ego. You must have some successes to keep from getting discouraged.

30 minutes later in the 19th, the golfers buddies plucked up the courage to talk. From that conversation came these practical golf tips that any golfer can use to avoid false discouragement ...

Tip 1
Do not play with golfers (on a regular basis) who are better than you are unless the handicaps are such that you win at least half of the time.

Tip 2
Do not limit yourself to players who always outdrive you in the hope that you will learn from them. You won't. Get a golf training DVD and practice as much as you can in the backyard or on the driving range.

Tip 3
Do not increase your betting when you will have to come from behind to win. You will just get more upset about losing more money on the golf course!

Tip 4
Do not bet against poorer golfers if they demand handicaps which will almost certainly ensure their winning.

Tip 5
Do not attempt golf shots you do not have in your bag. Unless you practice a tricky golf shot, it is almost certainly going to fail under the stress of playing it cold in a comp.

Tip 6
Do not lie about your golf score or true handicap. It is better psychologically to win in a lower flight than to lose in a higher one. Play at the right level for your skills.

Tip 7
Do not concede any putts to yourself or your opponent that can be missed. You may think you are playing badly, when in reality you are playing your regular game.

Tip 8
Do not pull against your golf opponent.

Tip 9
Do not play with people who increase your anxiety. Avoid being stressed if you fluff a shot that you normally make. It is OK not to be perfect!

And here is a bonus golf tip - keep a golf journal so that you can see how well you are really playing, especially important when playing out of your league.

So when you are feeling discouraged, think of the good shots that you usually play. Get things in perspective, if you played Tiger or the Great White Shark, would you expect to win? Hey, golf is supposed to be a game of funkeep it that way and you can enjoy it for the rest of your life.

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The DVD that Will Save Golfers Hundreds of Dollars.

The sheer frustration of continually slicing, hooking, hitting fat or thin drives many golfers to the edge of desperation. They pay hundreds of dollars to arrange a lesson with their local golf pro to cure the faults in their play. Money that could be spent on other things, including on a day out to keep your other half happy when they complain about the time you spend on the golf course!

This sound like you? If so, then you could benefit from the Body Golf Faults and Cures DVD. I took live lessons with my local pro and at the end of each session felt good. A fault had been cured. I went away to practice and the fault was exactly the same at the weekend, out on the course. Why? Because I was relying on the instructor to recognise the fault and correct it. I did not have that skill, and my instructor did not develop that in me.

Then someone gave me the heads-up on Coach Mark Anthony Montaquila and his teaching methods. And the Body Golf Faults and Cures DVD. This DVD is revolutionary because it's designed to teach you not only how fix your problems but also identify (diagnose) them in the first place. Just like a real live lesson!

So how is it better than a live lesson? It empowers you with the skills the pros use - they analyse the flight of every shot and alter their golf stance, grip or swing accordingly. So the fault never becomes ingrained in their play. OK, you probably won't ever develop your skills to that level, but if you have that ability to analyse every shot, you will be one step ahead of the others.

How else is it better? A live lesson is only an hour or a couple of hours, once a week. The DVD can be used whenever you want, as many times as you want. So it is like having a personal instructor, available 24/7/365. But the best of it is that it costs a fraction of the cost of even a single lesson.

But what faults does this DVD teach you to identify and cure? The four most frustrating faults of them all of course. The hook, the slice, hitting fat and hitting thin.

For instance, did you know that there are four specific things that you can do wrong with your swing that will cause a slice? But you know what? Using the Body Golf Faults and Cures DVD you can learn how to properly adjust these things for yourself in a few minutes ...once you identify them, that is...and be on the road to hitting the ball straight-and-true for a lifetime. And as I said earlier, you don't need to wait until the next lesson to verify what you are doing is right - just run the DVD again.

There are four specific things that you can do wrong with your golf swing that will cause a slice? But you know what? Using the Body Golf Faults and Cures DVD you can learn how to properly adjust these things for yourself in a few minutes ...once you identify them, that is...and be on the road to hitting the ball straight-and-true for a lifetime. And you don't need to wait until the next lesson to verify what you are doing is right - just run the DVD again.


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Rationalizing Failure leads to Failure

A big obstacle to improvement in golf is the habit of rationalizing. When a person rationalizes, it means, to put it simply, that they place the blame for their defeats upon outside persons or circumstances. This protects their (possibly fragile) ego by taking the sting out of failure. It turns painful depression into less painful anger. It tears others down and, by tearing down of others, seems to raise them in importance, much like the last survivor of a battle royal who looks like a giant of the ring if everyone else is on the floor. It is bad psychology to rationalize.

First it is a most unpleasant personality trait. The least desirable companion on any golf course is the constant griper. It is a mark of selfishness to impose on others the necessity for listening to this bilge.

Second, the tendency to excuse one's game hinders remedial learning. No improvement is possible unless the individual takes full responsibility for all his golfing errors and proceeds to correct them. Analyze the reasons why the game went badly and work to eliminate them the next time you are out on the golf course. You might want to get this DVD to help you improve your golf grip, stance and swing.

Third, even if rationalization removes the sting from poor shots, it retards learning. Learning is faster if we attach a painful reaction to a poor shot. When you rationalize, it makes failure easier to take and thereby makes it harder to learn. Rationalizing or the making of excuses does not inspire remedial practice. You do not realize that remedial practice is necessary because you do not accept personal responsibility for the error.

Fourth, it is not wise to rationalize even when there is a good basis for it. If you do, it will intensify feelings of hopelessness, and prevent you from attaining a satisfactory level of performance. Your subconscious mind will resign itself to failure and that will become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Even gross physical handicaps should not be used as excuses. Many have made names for themselves under the greatest of physical handicaps such as the one-armed guy who hit two holes in one on the same round. Don't feel sorry for yourself, think positive.

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